Dear devotees and well-wishers, HH Bhakti Chaitanya Maharaja recently had surgery of the prostate. The surgery was successful and he is now recovering at the Radha Radhanath temple in Durban, South Africa. There will be various post-operation check-ups/ scans and tests that will have to be carried out over the next few weeks.

Interview with Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria (20 min. video)
HH Krishna Kshetra Swami: A few days ago here in Mayapur I had occasion to present a copy of my book ‘Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics’ to Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria, the Chairman of the Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog – the Indian government agency for promoting cow care. Next day we had a 20-minute interview with him.

In Calcutta, there was a very virulent type of plague epidemic in 1898. So Calcutta became devastated. All people practically left Calcutta. Daily hundreds and hundreds of people were dying. I was one year old or one and a half years old. So one babaji, he organized sankirtana, Hare Krishna sankirtana all over Calcutta. And in the sankirtana, all people, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Parsi, everyone joined. And they were going road to road, street to street, entering in every house. So the plague subsided. This is a fa...

Jagannatha Ratha Yatra on the Bogor Street festival 2020
Bogor, located in Java in Indonesia, is known locally for its cool weather and its relaxed charm. It’s also a heritage city and a city of culture.

Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Govardhan Das in Iskcon Mayapur, 15/2/2020

This is Tulsi Vagjiani, and this day, 14 02 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the day she was pulled out alive by a fellow passenger from the wreckage of an airplane crash in Bangalore.

Beautiful photos from the TOVP Pujari Floor Opening.
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TODAY’S GRAND OPENING OF WORLD’S BIGGEST TOVP PUJARI FLOOR - MAYAPUR ISKCON (6 min. video)

TOVP Pujari Room Grand Opening & Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Appearance Day Celebration (Album of photos). This will be the largest pujari space of its kind in the world at a size of 2.5 acres, with over 20 dedicated rooms for Deity Seva designed under the scrutiny and guidance of Their Graces Jananivas and Pankajanghri Prabhu’s, ISKCON Mayapur’s Head Pujaris.

>HH Bhakti Caitanya Swami, will not be going to Mayapur this year for the annual GBC meetings. He is facing some health challenges and must therefore stay in Durban for further tests and treatment

TOVP Pujari Room Opening (Album of photos). Gopi Gita: The streets are lined with rangoli and marigold petals. Verandas and archways are decorated. Radhanath Maharaj, Gopal Krishna Maharaj and others speak about Srila Prabhupada’s dear desire 50 years ago to have this temple built.. how it will magnify Lord Caitanya’s blessings all around the world. Wealthy families set up their inner dressing rooms before they move into a house. Similarly, the personal dressing rooms and kitchen of the Deities is getting ...

Ambarisa Das: Today is the appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, also the opening of the pujari floor of the TOVP to further his mission and that of his beloved disciple Srila Prabhupada. This murti was made by local artists in Sridham Mayapur.

Putting the Deities to rest (Album of photos)
A demonstration on waking up and putting the Deities to rest by HG Jananivas, and HG Pankajanghri Prabhu.

Street Harinama in Srirangam (Album of photos) Srirangam is the foremost of the eight self-manifested shrines of Lord Vishnu. It is also considered the first, foremost and most important of the 108 main Vishnu temples (Divyadesams). Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu resided here for four months and you can still see here his personal deities, Jagannatha, Baladeva ad Subhadra.

Mayapur GBC Org/Dev meeting (Album of photos)
Ramai Swami: The organization development committee is a sub-committee of the GBC, which made a presentation on the first day of the GBC meeting in Mayapur.

Today is World Translation Day, celebrated on the feast of St. Jerome, who is best known for translating the Bible into Latin. On this occasion let us remember the greatest Vedic translator of our times, and the unfathomable treasure that he has given us

Grand Opening of the TOVP Pujari Floor (live video)
ISKCON is celebrating today another milestone event at the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in preparation for the opening in 2022: The Grand Opening of the fully completed Pujari Floor. On February 13, 2020, in observance of the 146th anniversary of the appearance of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati and in preparation for the relocation of our beloved world Deities into Their new home, the Pujari Floor is being inaugurated with great pomp and...

Beautiful Sridham Mayapur 2020 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: I fervently appeal to everyone to adopt the method of devotional service given by Lord Caitanya and Nityananda and thus be freed from the miseries of material existence and ultimately achieve the loving service of the Lord.

Narottam Das Thakura’s Appearance Festival in Vrindavan (2020) (Album of photos)
Srila Narottam Das Thakur is one of the main saints of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas. He was the son of King Krishnananda Datta of Kheturigram in Bangladesh, but he renounced everything and came to Vrindavan. He was a Sanskrit scholar and preached relentlessly, removing the misconceptions of the age. He composed various songs that are considered equivalent to the Vedic scriptures. One of his Deities, Sri Sri Radha Braja Mohan from Khe...

Lord Chaitanya’s movement, the highest benediction for human society (video)
Srimad Bhagavatam class by HG Anuttama Prabhu, Feb 9, 2020, at ISKCON Mayapur.

Krishna is not an optional source of entertainment - he is the indispensable source of shelter Gita 04.09 (4 min video)
Many people like to hear Krishna’s pastimes as a pious form of entertainment. Even if they know vaguely that he is God, their interest in him is as a source of entertainment.
Significantly, the Bhagavad-gita states that hearing about Krishna can do much more than entertain – it can elevate and liberate. Those who understand him in truth attain him, never to return to this distressful world (04.09). This implies that p...

Sensibility in devotional service (video)
Srila Prabhupada: Krishna is the root of everything. IF He is pleased, everyone will be pleased. If you pour water on the root, the water will be distributed all over the tree. This is the best service to humanity. Letter to Mr. Karsan, December 2, 1976....

Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Haveli Opening.
We are very happy to announce that the Sri Krishna Haveli, the largest project in the history of Bhaktivedanta Manor, is now ready.
This purpose-built haven will serve as a cultural center, education facility, and an events space to meet the needs of our wonderful community.
We will celebrate the opening of the facilities on Monday 9th March with a day of festivities together with Gaura Purnima as well as Holika Dahan (6pm).
The festivities will culminate...